Species and Taxonomy

• 2 Organisms belong to the same species if they can produce fertile offspring
• Courtship Behaviour is the sequence of actions unique to a species, mostly done by males and observed by females, doing actions or releasing pheromones, enabling recognition of species to mate
• The more similar the Courtship Behaviour, the more close the species are
• Phylogenetic Classification arranges species into groups based on evolutionary origins and relationships
• Hierarchy of Classification (Each group is a Taxa):

  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
• Bionomial System uses first name as genus and second name as species